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This big-budget co-production film between Japan's Nikkatsu Film Studios and Taiwan's Central Motion Picture Company was filmed entirely on location in Taiwan with the full cooperation of the Taiwan military. It exemplifies the extent to which the…

In this book McMahon explores late Ming vernacular fiction focusing on the exposition of sexual transgression and the ideology of the containment of desire. Related topics include the theme of causality and its role in the story's mapping of the…

Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in psychoanalytic and feminist criticism, the book examines how polygamous privilege functions in these novels and provides one of the first…

In this first cross-cultural study of opium in China, McMahon explores early Western observations of opium smoking, early definitions of addiction, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking…

This book examines the collective significance and cumulative impact of imperial Japanese film culture, a complex network of interrelated media which included magazines, journals, advertising, songs, posters, and films. The author argues that this…

A scene from Princess Mononoke

depicts a monster tree / girl which takes nourishment of human blood from the battle field where it grows

DaQing Luli Zhengxiu Tongzuan Jicheng

Contemporary “Japanese cuisine” was developed beginning in the late 19th century by blending native and foreign cooking styles. By examining Japanese cookbooks, recipe collections, and gastronomic writings from 1400 to 1868, the author offers the…

The collection of interdisciplinary essays considers the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-15th century to the present day in political, economic, cultural, social and religious contexts. In his chapter, “Honzen…